one of the most politically essential films of the year, almost as significant as Terry Gilliam's masterpiece Brazil.
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08/23/06
Land of the Blind (2006)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:3
Rotten:15
Average Rating:4.1/10
Synopsis: There's no shortage of trenchant political satire in this film starring Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland, written and directed by Robert Edwards. The story is set in an alternate reality amalgam... [More]
Starring: Tom Hollander, Ralph Fiennes, Donald Sutherland, Lara Flynn Boyle
Director: Robert Edwards, Jon Avnet
Reviews for Land of the Blind
1 - 18 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
The only matter that interests is the question of Fiennes's presence in this political lesson for children.
07/10/06
About as subtle as its all too obvious title would suggest.
07/06/06
An indelible portrait of the contradictions of power.
06/28/06
Writer-director Robert Edwards frantically throws in references to Orwell (Animal Farm and 1984), Lady Macbeth, Yeats, Mao, etc.
06/16/06
Strident, bombastic parable.
06/16/06
A sour satirical cocktail blended with ingredients oft-used in the recipes of Terry Gilliam and Paul Verhoeven.
06/15/06
Robert Edward's satirical allegory shamelessly borrows ideas from Orwell's 1984, then tramples them into the dust.
06/15/06
Top CriticIf satire is the thing that closes on Saturday night, then political satire is usually doomed to close one night earlier. In the case of a pretentious monstrosity called Land of the Blind, it’s a miracle it ever opened at all.
06/14/06
There's nothing particularly revolutionary about writer-director Robert Edwards' grimly satiric political fable.
06/14/06
Wrongheaded and bizarrely outrageous.
06/13/06
Political satire is so rare that it's a shame to watch the reliable Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland lend their talents to one that is blind to its own incompetence.
06/12/06
The Who did it better in We Won't Get Fooled Again
06/09/06
The movie leaves you with lots of questions, mainly, what are Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland doing here? Imagine Ed Wood attempting Brazil or Uwe Boll remaking V For Vendetta.
06/09/06
Is this what we have stooped to for leftist political films? Robert Edwards' film for one reason or another really thinks it's saying something.
06/08/06
One of the more spectacular misfires of recent years, Land of the Blind's lack of originality is only slightly exceeded by its failure to work as political satire.
06/05/06
Top CriticA labored pastiche of familiar dystopian motifs that beats the same, totalitarian-themed drum over and over again.
05/12/06
Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland as terrorist co-operatives? This is not a joke nor Hollywood's remake of Paradise now, but the biggest sales point of the Land of the Blind.
04/19/06
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